Relief Housing Support Worker

CIH International Housing Group; Fleetwood; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Creative Support is seeking a Relief Housing Support Worker in Fleetwood. This role involves providing care to individuals with mental health needs, fostering supportive relationships, and handling daily living tasks. Ideal applicants will have experience in mental health care, ensuring a positive impact in the lives of service users.

Qualifications

• Experience in providing care and support to individuals with mental health needs is essential.

Responsibilities

• Develop warm and trusting relationships with service users.
• Carry out general administrative duties.
• Provide emotional support to service users.
• Medication oversight.
• Support with daily living tasks.
• Communicate with service users' family and professionals.

Skills

Emotional support

Relationship building

Medication oversight

Administrative duties

Support for daily living tasks

Job description

Creative Support are currently looking for a caring individual to take on our Relief Housing Support Worker role in Fleetwood, Blackpool, providing the highest standards of care to individuals with mental health/complex needs.

This opportunity is perfect for someone who is interested in an exciting career in mental health. We are looking for someone who is approachable and warm and able to connect with the individuals we support.

Support Worker Duties:

• Developing and sustaining warm and trusting relationships with service users,
• Carrying out general administrative duties,
• Providing emotional support to service users,
• Medication oversight,
• Supporting with daily living tasks, including budgeting and tenancy maintenance,
• Communicating and building strong relationships with service users' family, support network and involved professionals.

Experience of providing care and support to individuals with mental health needs is essential for this role. The benefits of joining Creative Support as a Relief/Bank staff member is the flexibility to pick shifts to suit you and work in services that are local to you.

Vacancy Reference Number: 82553

Applications for this role must be submitted via the Creative Support website using the above vacancy reference number

We are a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organization - Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer who have recently received Investors in People Gold award.

We can only accept applications from candidates who are located in and eligible to work within the UK.

Application Instructions:

In order to apply, please read the job description and then complete the online application form using the links above.

You can also download a copy of our application form using the links above. Completed Application Forms must be submitted to our Head Office address (below) or emailed to [e-mail] to be considered for the vacancy. If you have not received a response to your application within 10 working days of the closing date please accept this as notification of an unsuccessful application. Unsuccessful applicants must wait 6 months before reapplying.

If you require any advice on completing your application form, please call us on 0161 236 0829.

Recruitment Department, Creative Support Ltd, Wellington House, 131 Wellington Road South, Stockport, SK1 3TS